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Dedication: for Robert and Evelyn Nuttal as a token of gratitude, for friendship and generosity.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Cheshire
, 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Dark Afternoons She Spenti"Dark afternoons she spent", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Black Stockman's Ballad - A Fragmenti"You verandahs may hurl their kindled spears", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Lakei"My companions shout and rush down slopes as steep", single work poetry (p. 5)
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Flighti"The unimaginative drowned upon their feet in heavy storms.",
single work
poetry
(p. 6)
Note: Dedication: For Tom Shapcott
- Known Musici"We ought to know the risk", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Recollectionsi"The student returned through town", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Catch-As-Catch-Doesi"Gums throw out their rosy tips", single work poetry (p. 10)
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Tree-Childreni"We paid a shilling for the silky oak",
single work
poetry
(p. 11)
Note: Dedication: for my mother.
- The Mercenaryi"The small girl hugged a rifle", single work poetry war literature (p. 12)
- Metamorphosisi"That was how he came upon the jungle clearing", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- The Sable Antelopei"A great weight drags upon the sable's quarters", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Egyptology, single work (p. 16)
- Flute, Cymbal, Human Voicei"The light! the light at last!", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Fishingi"The angler's line, his trend of memory,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- To the Giver of Grace and Serenityi"So our hearts have always known this grace", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Encounter with Gentility, single work poetry (p. 20)
- End of the Seasoni"In any hotel courtyard one may watch", single work poetry (p. 21)
- By the Night Traini""Hola!" they cry the stations of our sleep.", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Histories in Snowi"And will the grey dog scour this girth of countryside", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Some winters lateri"The snow, as I recall,", single work poetry (p. 24)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Poems of War and Peace [et al]
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , May no. 1 1970; (p. 48-51)
— Review of Selected Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1969 selected work poetry radio play drama ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Idealist 1968 single work poetry ; Down from My Hills 1968 selected work poetry ; Identity 1968 selected work poetry ; Various Verse 1968 selected work poetry ; Promises 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems of War and Peace 1968 selected work poetry ; Horizontal Gothic and Other Australian Antiquities 1966 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Rickshaw and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Autobiography of a Gorgon
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 8 May 1969; (p. 480)
— Review of The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry -
New Poetry
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February vol. 8 no. 4 1969; (p. 70-71)
— Review of The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Citizens of Mist 1968 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Autobiography of a Gorgon
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 30 January 1969; (p. 16)
— Review of The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry -
A Question of Method
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , April vol. 5 no. 1 1969; (p. 25-27)
— Review of The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry
-
[Review] Poems of War and Peace [et al]
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , May no. 1 1970; (p. 48-51)
— Review of Selected Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1969 selected work poetry radio play drama ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Idealist 1968 single work poetry ; Down from My Hills 1968 selected work poetry ; Identity 1968 selected work poetry ; Various Verse 1968 selected work poetry ; Promises 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems of War and Peace 1968 selected work poetry ; Horizontal Gothic and Other Australian Antiquities 1966 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Rickshaw and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
Passion and the Prosaic : Australian Poetry, 1968
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 28 no. 2 1969; (p. 268-281)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Behind My Eyes : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Windmill Country 1968 selected work poetry ; My Beachcombing Days : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1968 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1942-1968 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Female Universe 1968 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; A Suit for Everyman 1968 selected work poetry ; New Impulses in Australian Poetry 1968 anthology poetry ; Citizens of Mist 1968 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Sheaf Tosser and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Showground Sketchbook and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry -
New Poetry
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 42 1969; (p. 41-43)
— Review of Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Silence into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse 1968 anthology poetry extract ; A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1968 1968 anthology poetry ; War Poems of a Non-Combatant : A Sequence of Twenty Four Sonnets 1967 sequence poetry -
Recent Australian Poetry : Rush to Publication
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 29 no. 1 1969; (p. 69-77)
— Review of Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Idealist 1968 single work poetry ; Behind My Eyes : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Windmill Country 1968 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1942-1968 1968 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1968 1968 anthology poetry ; Poems of War and Peace 1968 selected work poetry -
[Review] Open at Random [and] The Law of Karma [and] The Autobiography of a Gorgon
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 8 May, 1969; (p. 480)
— Review of Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry
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